Junior Sister

Band 6 Main area Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract 1 year (Fixed term) Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (12 hour day and night shifts) Job ref 343-6772599-RB-SK-A Site St Helier Hospital Town Carshalton Salary £42,939 – £50,697 pa incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 03/02/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

This is a fixed term post to cover Maternity leave.

The post holder will provide high quality nursing care working within a cohesive multidisciplinary team.

The expectations within this job description will be met through leadership, hands on clinical practice, education and training, and research.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical Practice
• Professional leadership and management
• Education training and development
• Evaluation of care and research
• Human Resources

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Junior Sister Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.

Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria

• Registered General Nurse

Desirable criteria

• Management/ leadership course

Experience Essential criteria

• Good Basic Education.
• Suitable experience preferably in surgery

Desirable criteria

• Experience managing a budget

management Essential criteria

• Understanding of the principles of managing a team

Desirable criteria

• Experience team or ward management

Knowledge Essential criteria

• Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• Understanding of Clinical Audit & Clinical Governance

Desirable criteria

• Involvement in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance programmes

Skills Essential criteria

• Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Computer skills
• Willingness to develop own practice

Desirable criteria

• Experience in analysing data and report writing.

personal Essential criteria

• Committed to team working.
• Motivated and enthusiastic.

Desirable criteria

• Creative and lateral thinker

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this – otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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